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  • The statue of William Charles Wentworth and Adelaide Ironside

    December 23, 2023 · 58 min

    In this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by historian and author Dr Kiera Lindsey. Together they discuss her new book on colonial Sydney artist Adelaide Ironside titled Wild Love. Together they examine speculative…

  • Fragment of terracotta cult statue from Cyprus

    November 27, 2023 · 49 min

    In this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou, an archaeologist and curator at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and the 2023 Sir Charles Nicholson Lecturer. Together they discuss the…

  • Heba Abd el-Gawad on Rethinking Egyptian Antiquities in Museums

    November 1, 2023 · 35 min

    In this special episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by Egyptian archaeologist Dr Heba Abd el-Gawad. Together they discuss the unique role ancient Egypt plays in museums globally, the missing modern Egyptian voice in…

  • Transport amphora with shell encrustations

    October 20, 2023 · 35 min

    For this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by Dr Natali Pearson of the University of Sydney's Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC). Natali is a critical heritage scholar, so together they discuss her work on the…

  • Researching the Dru Drury butterfly collection

    October 10, 2023 · 46 min

    For this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by zoologist and 2023 Macleay Miklouho-Maclay Fellow Dr Angel Luis Viloria Petit, who has recently completed his research in Sydney, examining historic collections of…

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  • Judy Birmingham and the Archaeological Excavations at Irrawang

    September 22, 2023 · 28 min

    In this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by Chau Chak Wing Museum intern Isabella Trope. Isabella is a student at Macquarie University and has been researching a collection of ceramic sherds in the museum's…

  • UMAC and University Museums in the 21st Century

    August 25, 2023 · 38 min

    As the Chau Chak Wing Museum gets set to host the UMAC2023 conference, for this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by UMAC President and Chau Chak Wing Museum Research Fellow Dr Andrew Simpson.UMAC University Museums…

  • Carte-de-visite; photograph of the bird 'Didunculus strigirostris'

    August 18, 2023 · 35 min

    For this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by Chau Chak Wing Museum colleague Jan Brazier, the Curator of History Collections. Together they discuss a carte-de-visite featuring a photograph of a bird taken by Sydney…

  • Tracey Hands Up, by Michael Riley (1986)

    July 31, 2023 · 39 min

    In this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by Chau Chak Wing Museum colleague Julian Woods, the museum's Public Engagement Co-ordinator.Julian discusses a photograph in the collection, acquired from the University of…

  • Two early x-ray tubes made by Harry W Cox

    June 25, 2023 · 32 min

    In this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by Chau Chak Wing Museum colleague Kelsey McMorrow, who is curatorial assistant, science collections.Kelsey discusses two x-ray tubes made in the early twentieth century…

  • The Nicholson Hermes

    May 22, 2023 · 48 min

    Marking National Archaeology Week 2023, in this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by Associate Professor Lesley Beaumont, a classical archaeologist in the School of Humanities, in the Faculty of Arts and Social…

  • Two ancient Athenian vases depicting dogs

    April 16, 2023 · 35 min

    In this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by Classics PhD candidate and 2023 Fellow of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Alyce Cannon. They discuss two ancient vases from Athens relevant to Alyce's…

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The Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney's monthly podcast series. Host Dr Craig Barker asks guests to choose any one item to discuss from the museum’s collections of art, archaeology, natural history, science and culture.